千里共婵娟
人有悲欢离合， [People experience pain, happiness, separation and union,]
月有阴晴圆缺， [Just like the moon can be shadowed, bright, full or crescent,]
此事古难全。 [These things have been so since ancient times.]
但愿人长久， [But we pray for people to last long]
千里共婵娟。 [And admire the moon from where we are.]
I came across this excerpt of a poem in my tuition kid's Chinese textbook ... and it stirred up some memories from when I was a student myself. It's a beautiful poem ... written by Su Dong Po.
Ehh ... my translation is probably not the best around - it's too literal. But the beauty of it is when it's in Chinese, and it's difficult to bring the point across in a different language ^^;;
I think I'm in an odd sort of mood today :) slightly prone to wax lyrical and go on and on about poetry and literature ...
don't know why that is. *ponders*
I'm just thinking about what I said to
kyanitedthe other day about my fic-writing. I suppose if anyone knows me personally and reads closely, they'll see a bit of me (or how I perceive myself) in all of my characters. It's how I'd respond in the given situations, the feelings my characters feel are the feelings I'd feel myself. I suppose that can be a good thing and a bad thing. This way - I feel that what I write is truer ... it's based on something - not made up. But if I'm in a wrong sort of mood for the fic, it kind of works against me. It's difficult for me to bring out feelings I've never experienced before ... I guess then it becomes a test of my imagination. Of how I think I'd feel in the character's shoes ... then again, a lot of my fiction is fiction *grins*
Oh! and another thing I've wanted to ask for a while, I need some feedback on the characters in "Memories" ^__^
I want to know what you think of the main characters - or anyone that appears in it, really - so far ...
I'd like to see how people see the characters I've fleshed out - and how well it matches to the kind of person I was trying to make them out to be. So, thanks a lot in advance :D
月有阴晴圆缺， [Just like the moon can be shadowed, bright, full or crescent,]
此事古难全。 [These things have been so since ancient times.]
但愿人长久， [But we pray for people to last long]
千里共婵娟。 [And admire the moon from where we are.]
I came across this excerpt of a poem in my tuition kid's Chinese textbook ... and it stirred up some memories from when I was a student myself. It's a beautiful poem ... written by Su Dong Po.
Ehh ... my translation is probably not the best around - it's too literal. But the beauty of it is when it's in Chinese, and it's difficult to bring the point across in a different language ^^;;
I think I'm in an odd sort of mood today :) slightly prone to wax lyrical and go on and on about poetry and literature ...
don't know why that is. *ponders*
I'm just thinking about what I said to
kyanitedthe other day about my fic-writing. I suppose if anyone knows me personally and reads closely, they'll see a bit of me (or how I perceive myself) in all of my characters. It's how I'd respond in the given situations, the feelings my characters feel are the feelings I'd feel myself. I suppose that can be a good thing and a bad thing. This way - I feel that what I write is truer ... it's based on something - not made up. But if I'm in a wrong sort of mood for the fic, it kind of works against me. It's difficult for me to bring out feelings I've never experienced before ... I guess then it becomes a test of my imagination. Of how I think I'd feel in the character's shoes ... then again, a lot of my fiction is fiction *grins*
Oh! and another thing I've wanted to ask for a while, I need some feedback on the characters in "Memories" ^__^
I want to know what you think of the main characters - or anyone that appears in it, really - so far ...
I'd like to see how people see the characters I've fleshed out - and how well it matches to the kind of person I was trying to make them out to be. So, thanks a lot in advance :D